Jamie Bell: Biography, Age & Movies

Jamie Bell is an English actor, born on 14 March 1986 in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees. One of his best-known roles is the title character in Billy Elliot (2000). He received the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer in 2000 and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2001.

With 37 credits to his name, Bell has worked on a wide range of films. These include King Kong (2005), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Jumper (2008) and The Adventures of Tintin (2011), in which he voiced Tintin. Later roles include Edgar in Snowpiercer (2013), Lennox in Filth (2013), Ben Grimm / The Thing in Fantastic Four (2015) and Bernie Taupin in Rocketman (2019). One of his more recent films is Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse (2021), where he plays Robert Ritter.

Where to watch their movies

Amazon Video: Snowpiercer, The Uprising
Apple TV Store: Snowpiercer, The Uprising
Fandango At Home: Snowpiercer, The Uprising
Google Play Movies: Snowpiercer, The Uprising
Kanopy: Snowpiercer
Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel: Snowpiercer
Tubi TV: Snowpiercer
YouTube: Snowpiercer, The Uprising

Platforms listed for our film pages in your country (source: JustWatch via TMDB).

Frequent co-stars

Michael B. Jordan · 2 films together: Fantastic Four, Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Andy Serkis · 2 films together: The Adventures of Tintin, King Kong
Jamie Bell · 2 films together: Snowpiercer, Man on a Ledge
Daniel Craig · 2 films together: The Adventures of Tintin, Defiance
Gary Lewis · 2 films together: Billy Elliot, Filth

Awards won

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (2001)
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer (2000)

Nominations

MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (2008)
British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film (2007)
Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture (2001)
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (2001)
Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (2001)
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (2001)
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer (2000)
European Film Award for Best Actor (2000)